Book Title: Chronology of Gujarat
Author(s): M R Majumdar
Publisher: Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

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________________ 246 CHRONOLOGY OF GUJARAT 865 865 867 867 Luacchagiri --the old name of Deogarh, and the pillar was set-up near the temple of holy Jaina Arhat by Deva, a disciple of Ācārya Kamaladeva, dated V.S. 919 ( 862 A.D.).-(EI, IV, p. 310 ). Bhūyada, Capotkata of Anhilväd, succeeds Kşemarāja; till V. sam. 922 = 865 A.D. He is said to have conquered Dvārāvati and the whole country westward to the seacoast.-(Ref. 746 A.D.). The Nàiatås, who were formerly an important class of Muslim merchants and ship-captains of Gujarat but who have now virtually disappeared, are reported to have emigrated from Madinah, flying from the persecution of Al-Hajjaj bin Yusuf, the Governor of Iraq on behalf of Abdul Malik, the fifth Umayyad Khalifah. The Naiatàs marched from Madinah to Kufa where taking a ship, they reached the shores of Indian Ocean about AH 252/865 A.D.-(Bom. Gaz. IX, II, 14-5 ff. 3). The Râştrakūta king Dantivarman of the Gujarat Branch himself a Hindu, donated a village to a Buddhist Vihāra.-(EI, VI, p. 292 ). Dhruva II, Nirupama, Dhārāvarşa, of the Gujarat Râştrakūța Second branch, son and successor of Akālavarşa Subhatunga, claims to have subdued Vallabha of the Gurjaras (probably the Cāvadās of Anhilvãd ), and a king named Mihira. A grant of land was issued by Dhārāvarşa Dhruvarāja on the occasion of the Solar Eclipse that took place on the Amāvāsyā of Jyeștha in $. 789 (867 A.D.). The donor took a bath at the Mülasthāna tirtha in the Narmadā at Bharukaccha (Broach). The donee was Brāhmaṇa Jojibha of Lākṣāyaṇa gotra resident of Bhadrapalli. The grant consisted in the village Pärāhaņaka situated within Karmāntapura (Kāmrej), One-hundred-sixteen.' Govindarāja, the younger brother of the king, officiated as the Dütaka of the edict, which was composed by Sāndhivigrahika Kalyāņa.-( Bagumra Plates ; XII 173). The Rastrakūta king Aparimitavarşa, Dantivarman, brother of Dhruvarāja II, having bathed in the Purūvi river (identified with the Pūrāņā ) issued the grant of the Village Cokkhakuţi in Sarthātailāța Forty-two' on the occasion of Uttarāyaṇa day which fell on Pausa bahula 9 in $. 789 ( 867 A.D.). The grant was dedicated to the Revered Samgha of the Vihāra at Kampilya Tirtha. The Dūtaka of the royal edict was Mahāmātya Kļşņabhațța. The grant was com posed by Sena-Bhogika Golla, son of Rāņappa. The edict was endorsed by king - Dhruvarāja.-(EI, VI, 285 ). There were educational centres in India at this period, one such being at Kāmpilya Monastery of Gujarat, which probably represented one of the last strongholds of Buddhism. Our record states that 500 monks were living in this vihara.--(A.S. Altekar, EI, XII, No. 12, 1935).-See also 884 A.D. Supra. 867 867 Jain Education Intemational For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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